NU roars through Homecoming
Parade, game close
out week of festivities

“Really, it’s amazing that I can be
Homecoming king of such an incredible school,” Vaclavik told The Daily.
“It’s where I’ve felt most at home in
my life and I’m so happy I get to keep
coming back every year.”
Woods told The Daily she could
hardly put into words how she felt
about winning queen.

As Hurricane Sandy closes in on
the East Coast, threatening people
from South Carolina to Maine, even
Chicagoans may feel repercussions.
The National Weather Service
issued a lakeshore flood warning that
goes into effect from 1 a.m. Tuesday
until 4 p.m. Wednesday. Hurricane
Sandy is set to hit the coast Monday
morning, and the aftermath of the
storm will move toward the Eastern
Great Lakes and onto Lake Michigan, with winds from 50 to 60 mph,
according to the National Weather
Service. These extreme winds are
expected to last until Tuesday
evening.
From the southern end of Lake
Michigan, waves are expected to
reach heights of 20 to 25 feet and will
build by Monday.
The National Weather Service
has put a high wind watch in place.
Although the fastest gusts will head
north and reach the 50- to 60-mph
mark, most will remain steady at 30
to 35 mph.
The National Weather Service
warns of coastal damage and flooding, as well as a threat to tree limbs,
power lines and high-rise buildings
by the coast of the affected lakes.
By Sunday night, the storm’s center was still 280 miles east-southeast
of Cape Hatteras, N.C., according
to CNN. It will hit in an area that
includes Delaware, parts of Maryland, Virginia and southern New
Jersey. CNN reports 2 million students in schools along the Eastern
Seaboard have classes cancelled for
the beginning of the week.

» See homecoming, page 4

— Paulina Firozi

By paulina firozi

daily senior staffer

Northwestern students, staff and
alumni paraded down Sheridan Road
on Friday night, gathering at Deering
Meadow for a pep rally to celebrate the
culmination of Homecoming Week.
The parade began at the Henry
Crown Sports Pavilion and proceeded
to The Arch and eventually Deering.
Evanston residents and NU students
gathered on the sidewalk to watch
marching bands, student groups and
grand marshal J.A. Adande (Medill
‘92) pass.
University President Morton Schapiro and Burgwell Howard, the assistant vice president for student engagement, addressed the crowd to get them
excited about Homecoming and about
Saturday’s football game.
“It is my great pleasure to be on this
meadow once again,” Howard said.
“This is a place where we celebrate
the best moments at Northwestern.
We’re so excited to see our alumni
back. We’re so excited to see our family and friends back here.”
Schapiro reminded students that
although the Homecoming festivities
are fun, he was more excited for NU’s
football game against Iowa on Saturday morning.
“Homecoming’s always a wonderful
part of the academic year. You make
new friends, revisit old friends, support
an alma mater that you love,” Schapiro
said. “All that stuff ’s important, but I’m

Rafi Letzter/Daily Senior Staffer

roaring good time Student members of the Homecoming Court dance during Friday night’s parade.

not thinking about that right now. I’m
thinking about one thing — winning
a football game.”
Adande, an ESPN.com columnist
and panelist for ESPN’s “Around the
Horn,” took the stage and shared his
reason for wanting an NU win.
Before he introduced the 2012
Homecoming Court and this year’s
king and queen, he held up a press
pass from the 1996 Rose Bowl, when

the Wildcats played against the
University of Southern California
Trojans.
“From every event, I keep all my
credentials,” he said as he held up the
pass. “It’s about time to add to the collection. Let’s make it happen.”
Finally, Adande announced Communication senior Kirk Vaclavik and
McCormick senior Kyra Woods as
Homecoming king and queen.

Hurricane Sandy
to effect Chicago,
Lake Michigan

City wins bike-friendly title ‘Glee’ actor speaks
to NU about his life
Evanston awarded
Silver by League of
American Bicyclists

Harry Shum Jr. brings
multifacted views to
large student crowd

By rachel janik

the daily northwestern

Five months after completing construction on a new protected bike lane
on Church Street, Evanston was named
a “Bicycle Friendly Community” by the
League of American Bicyclists.
The city formally received the award
at Monday’s council meeting. The league
distributes awards in five tiers: Bronze,
Silver, Gold, Platinum and Diamond.
Evanston received a Silver recognition,
and along with Chicago, represents the
only two cities of that rank in Illinois. The
other Bicycle Friendly Communities in
the state — Naperville, Shaumberg and
Urbana — all rank at the Bronze level.
This is the first year Evanston has
received the award, and the protected
bike lane recently installed on Church
Street helped bolster the city’s application. Church Street’s bike lane was only
one of many infrastructure projects, such
bicycle parking, which will make the city
more bike-friendly. These improvements
are all a part of Evanston’s city-wide Bike
Plan Implementation Project, a multidepartmental effort that started in 2007,
to help sustain and encourage bike riding

By junnie kwon

the daily northwestern

Rafi Letzter/Daily Senior Staffer

WHEELS UP Nancy Floy (left), of Evanston, watches a cyclist veer into
traffic to avoid hitting her car, which was parked in the bike lane Sunday.
Floy said the protected lane made it harder for her to park legally.

in the city. The plan will account for a
number of projects, both short- and
long-term, according to the city’s transportation department website.
Church Street’s protected bicycle lane
stretches from Dodge Avenue to Chicago
Avenue and was completed in two parts.
The second part, a section stretching
from Ridge Avenue to Chicago Avenue,
was finished this fall. The lane separates
bikers from vehicles using jade-colored
pavement markings, upright poles acting as lane separators and new parking
configurations. The City Council voted

Serving the University and Evanston since 1881

to fund the project even though the city
was denied a federal grant.
Neal Ney, board member and former
president of the Evanston Bicycle Club,
was present when the city received the
award at the council meeting. He said he
was pleased that improvements in infrastructure were moving along so well.
“Particularly with these protected
bike lanes, we’ll really encourage people
who may not be so comfortable or may
not have been riding for long,” he said.
» See bike, page 7

Given the clean-cut style of Mike
Chang, a character on the television show
“Glee,” Gleeks wouldn’t guess that Harry
Shum Jr., the actor behind the role, had
cornrows at the beginning of his career.
Shum spoke to Northwestern students
Saturday about using differences as an
advantage and cited getting cornrows as
a phase he went through to find his identity after moving to San Francisco from
Costa Rica.
NU’s Taiwanese American Students
Club chose Shum as its fall speaker to
attract students normally uninvolved with
the Asian community. About 300 students
came to the event in Fisk Hall.
“We feel like Harry has stories that he
can share to not just Asians,” said Sophia
Hsu, president of TASC.
Shum, 30, shared his diverse background to show how he navigated significant changes in his life that constantly
put him in unfamiliar territory. His parents moved from China to Costa Rica,

where he was born, in search of better job
opportunities, so Spanish was Shum’s first
language.
When he moved to San Francisco in
third grade, he did not know how to speak
English or Chinese, and he said he was
bullied in school.
“I got bricks thrown at me,” he said.
“I actually got pretty good at dodging
things.”
On a whim, he said he decided to
take a drama
and improWe feel visation class
like Harry has that brought
out of his
stories that he him
shell.
can share to not “It was an
(out of) body
just Asians
experience,”
Sophia Hsu,
he said. “It
TASC president
allowed me
to reinvent
myself … embrace being different and
find ways on how to make it work for you
as an individual.”
He said he picked up dancing by watching videos online and eventually dropped
out of high school.
After performing in small projects,
Shum got his first “big break” in Hollywood after auditioning for “Glee” two

A 20-year-old Evanston resident recently
opened his own herb and tea store in downtown Evanston, bringing a new take on centuries-old herbal remedies to create a modern-day
apothecary.
Safari Natural Herbs and Tea, 1630 Orrington
Ave., opened Oct. 12 after just a few months of
planning by owner and operator Joseph Vlad.
The store is lined with a variety of herbs, teas
and pills, all created with natural ingredients
to provide alternative treatments to common
medical ailments. Vlad envisions the store to
serve as both a “natural Walgreens” as well as a
community center that can educate people about
the advantages of traditional medicines.
Vlad personally uses herbal medicines exclusively and said he does not rely on traditional
pharmaceuticals when ill. He has used all-natural
medicines since the age of 16, when he first began
working at a health foods store in Florida. In this
environment, Vlad not only gained a knowledge
of the health foods business, but also found a
mentor in his boss.
“Not only did he treat me as his worker, but in
some ways he was more of a father to me,” he said.
“He taught me how to take care of myself.”
Vlad spend about two and a half years working at this store and learning the business, after

Ciara McCarthy/The Daily Northwestern

HERBS and spices Joseph Vlad is only
20 years old but recently opened Safari
Natural Herbs and Tea on Orrington Avenue.

which he moved to Evanston about a year ago. He
initially worked as a salesman in Skokie before
meeting his current business partner and investor, Ron Tan, at the gym. Vlad described his business idea of opening an herb and tea shop, Tan
found the idea interesting and unique and the
two partnered up.
“I was kind of surprised that someone was
investing in me at my age, which was crazy,” he said.
Vlad, currently 20, met Tan when he was 19.

Although Vlad’s age has posed obstacles to
becoming an entrepreneur, he said he has found
his maturity and work ethic do not reflect his
actual age.
“Some people say that I act 10 years older than
I actually am,” he said.
Vlad envisions Safari as a place for the healthminded of the Evanston community to come
together. He said he hopes to inform people
about the benefits of a diet that includes herbs.
“I want people to know what herbs are, how
they can help you, what they can do for you,”
he said.
To accomplish this, the store will host a series
of workshops, which Vlad hopes will occur
bimonthly. Carla Eason, a massage therapist in
Evanston, is scheduled to speak at the first forum
Nov. 11. She said she will discuss natural ways to
combat stress. She will also offer free chair massages to those in attendance at the forum.
Eason has been using herbal products for over
20 years, but said that Evanston has lacked a store
with a wide variety of herbs until Safari arrived
on the scene.
Vlad said he was excited for the future of the store
and of the Evanston community and was confident
in his ability to keep afloat despite his youth.
“You can’t judge a book by its cover,” he said.
“You can’t judge this store or me; I’m 20 years
old and I’m operating this by myself.”
ciaramccarthy2015@u.northwestern.edu

Police Blotter
Wires cut at Evanston church in
city-wide damage spree

The Second Baptist Church, 1717 Benson
Ave. reported criminal damages, namely cut
wires, which occurred overnight from Oct. 21
to Monday.
Evanston Police Cmdr. Jay Parrott said
EPD believes this incident is related to the
other criminal damages reported throughout

Evanston during this time period, mainly due to
the method used to inflict damages. Last week
several residents and businesses reported slashed
tires and cut wires.

Thefts continue at LA Fitness

A 35-year-old Chicago resident lost his black
iPhone after leaving it unattended during weight
training at LA Fitness.

The reported theft occurred at the athletics
club, 1618 Sherman Ave. on Tuesday around
6:40 p.m., when the victim left his iPhone 4 on
the weight benches while working out. When he
went back to retrieve it, it was gone. A 5-foot-10
-inch man who weighs 150 pounds is suspected
of the crime, said.
– Ina Yang

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Medill. I’m really excited to see how the rest of the
University works.

”

— Keri Disch, Medill Office of Student Life

Top Medill administrator
gets new NU position
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Audition-free group provides improv opportunity
By jeanne kuang

the daily northwestern

The comedy group that David Schwimmer
(Comm ‘88) and Stephen Colbert (Comm ‘86)
participated in during their time at Northwestern is
returning to campus with a new vision.
With the blessing of original group member Jessica
Hughes (Comm ‘88), Medill senior Matthew Hays
and Weinberg senior Tim White are reviving No Fun
Mud Piranhas as an audition-free, cost-free program
for students interested in learning improv.
Both Hays and White have been involved in
improv and comedy throughout their time at NU.
Both are members of NU’s Titanic Players, and Hays
is also a member of Mee-Ow. They came up with
the idea for No Fun Mud Piranhas when they were
watching students practice auditioning for existing
improv groups.
“We were bummed because we knew that if these
people didn’t make Titanic or Mee-Ow, they would
have no free on-campus outlet (to participate in
improv),” Hays said.
Hays and White said members will practice two
hours a week in small teams with student coaches.

They hope that by the end of six quarters of curriculum-based training, members will be able to become
coaches in the program themselves, while still having
the chance to perform and participate.
“Ideally ... we’ll have this self-sustaining model that
every year new coaches are pulled from the students,”
Hays said.
Most student coaches have on-campus improv
experience similar to that of Hays and White, and
other coaches have taken classes in Chicago. White
said having coaches from different comedy backgrounds is one of the key differences between No Fun
Mud Piranhas and Titanic.
“Those who haven’t done on-campus (training)
have done Annoyance training (or) Second City training, some of them One Group Mind training,” he
said. “We hope eventually to bring in professional
improvisers.”
Hays and White hosted an informational meeting Sunday afternoon. They said about 90 students
signed up, meaning the group could have nine or 10
teams this quarter.
Medill freshman Lucy Wang, who attended
the meeting, said she decided to try No Fun Mud
Piranhas because she did not think she had enough
improv understanding to audition for an established

troupe on campus.
“This seems to be more of a learning opportunity
rather than a performance one,” she said. “It just seems
better (for me) since I don’t think I’m qualified or
committed enough (for other groups).”
Hays and White said they aim to distinguish No
Fun Mud Piranhas from Titanic and Mee-Ow. They

emphasized that the group has a different kind of
training curriculum. The group intends to encourage more participation on campus, especially for students who have never had comedy experience or are
uncomfortable with auditioning, Hays said.
jeannekuang2016@u.northwestern.edu

Dance Marathon grows again with record registration
By Meghan morris

daily senior staffer

More than 1,400 students signed up for Northwestern University Dance Marathon, besting last
year’s registration number by about 100 people, the
organization announced Saturday.
This year’s NUDM beneficiaries are the Evanston Community Foundation and the Danny Did
Foundation, an epilepsy-awareness charity started in
Chicago. The group promotes awareness of sudden

death related to epilepsy and advocates for the use of
epilepsy-predicting devices.
NUDM public relations co-chair Katie Prentiss, a
Medill senior, said about 1,300 students registered to
dance last year. The dancers and committee members
raised a total of $1,107,670 for NUDM 2012.
“The first actual DM was for epilepsy awareness,”
said Prentiss, a former Daily staffer. “Danny Did is
also a Chicago-based organization, which is great
for DM as a year-long tradition, rather than just one
weekend.”
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“I heard that it was one of those things that people
most regretted not doing,” he said. “I don’t like missing out.”
The 39-year-old group also has 336 committee
members, the most in its history. Prentiss said the
committees were restructured this year to better
serve dancers. In addition to larger committees, DM
is working with the Office of Sustainability and corporate sponsors to focus on a new environmental
initiative to be announced later this week, she said.
“Unlike other schools, this is an entirely student-

run organization,” Prentiss said. “What comes out of
working together on a large scale is amazing.”
Students who missed Friday’s registration deadline
can still sign up by emailing the DM finance committee. The fee is $10 more than regular registration.
“Especially if you’re a new student at Northwestern,
you hear about all these organizations, and it’s a little
overwhelming,” Prentiss said. “It’s a big undertaking
to dance for 30 hours, and you should think about if
you’re up to it.”
meghanmorris2015@u.northwestern.edu

“This is is so phenomenal,” she said. “It is truly
an honor because this is such a great school, great
people, and I feel really honored that people
thought enough of me to let me be a representation of the student body.”
The pep rally finished with football coach Pat
Fitzgerald pumping the crowd up for Saturday’s
game.
“We’re kicking it off at 11,” Fitzgerald said,
“which means in about 12 hours from now we
need you at Ryan Field booing anything with
black and yellow on.”
The Cats closed Homecoming week with a
victory Saturday, taking down Iowa 28-17.
Gram Bowsher, vice president of promotions
for Wildside, said it was a particularly important
win after last week’s defeat by Nebraska.
“Being able to win a Homecoming game and a
game against Iowa with so much student support
is one of the better football moments I’ve had a
Northwestern,” the SESP sophomore said.
McCormick junior Aaron Frank said he loves
going to games early to experience the atmosphere, but added that he he especially enjoyed
seeing alumni join the crowd in the excitement
for NU football. He said he was happy not to see
the Cats give up a big lead at the end.
“The players want to do especially well on
Homecoming,” Frank said. “They know people
are coming back and they are proud of the traditions that go along with Homecoming.”
paulinafirozi2015@u.northwestern.edu
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The Daily Northwestern

purple pride (top left) Northwestern
alumna Minna Kim Mazza (Comm ’95) takes
the field with the NU marching band and
band alumni before Saturday’s Homecoming
football game against Iowa.
coronation (top right) Communication
senior Kirk Vaclavik and McCormick senior
Kyra Woods are presented as Homecoming
king and queen during Saturday’s game
against Iowa.
wildkitten (bottom left) A member
of the Lincoln Park High School marching
band, one of five local high school bands
to perform, plays the 2012 Northwestern
University homecoming parade.
peace out (bottom right) The
Streamwood High School marching band
performs during Friday night’s Homecoming
parade. They played as they moved through
campus led by grand marshal J.A. Adande.

Wildcat win propelled by dominant offensive line
By rohan nadkarni

daily senior staffer

It’s possible that Northwestern’s offensive linemen are truly good people at heart — just don’t
ask the Iowa defense.
The Wildcats and their five men in the trenches
— tackles Jack Konopka and Patrick Ward, guards
Neal Deiters and Brian Mulroe and center Brandon Vitabile — mauled the Hawkeyes’ front seven
Saturday, owning the point of attack with much
help from the backs and receivers.
The success along the line of scrimmage opened
up running lanes on nearly every single one of
NU’s 49 rushing attempts, leading to 349 yards at
7.1 yards per carry average. The offense’s success
came on a variety of plays.
During the Cats’ first drive, junior quarterback
Kain Colter escaped the pocket for two large runs,
one for 18 yards and another for 20.
“He’s dynamic, an explosive athlete who can
do a lot of things and do them well,” coach Pat
Fitzgerald said of Colter. “I think every time he
touches the football he has a chance to make a
big play happen.”
On the first of the two big plays, a third and six,

Colter stood in the pocket while Iowa brought a
linebacker and safety on a blitz.
The line immediately reacted to the blitz, with
Deiters sliding over to grab a defensive tackle,
leaving the linebacker for Vitabile. Junior running back Venric Mark took out the blitzing
safety’s legs, allowing Colter to run up the middle
untouched. A down field block by junior receiver
Rashad Lawrence opened up more yards.
On a similar play later in the drive, this time
on a designed run, Colter found room running
up the middle again. Junior running back Mike
Trumpy placed a key block on a linebacker in the
second level, allowing his quarterback to scamper
up the field.
NU’s first touchdown also came on a running
play.
Colter lined up in the shotgun with senior running back Tyris Jones to his right and Mark on
his left. Colter snapped the ball, faked a handoff
to Jones and began running left. Jones ran into
the line, picking up a defensive tackle, allowing
Mulroe to hit a linebacker on the second level.
As Colter ran left, Mark occupied the weak-side
linebacker, opening up a wide-open lane for the
touchdown.
“We’re running the ball well and that’s a key to

victory,” Colter said. “When you can dominate
the line of scrimmage and control the clock that’s
always a good thing. We also have unselfish receivers on the outside who might not be catching
passes but they’re blocking and helping us out.”
The Cats also proved they could run without
spreading out the defense. Their longest play of
the game, a 72-yard run by Mark, came with the
offense backed up on their own one-yard line.
NU lined up in a big formation with two tight
ends and junior superback Tim Riley motioning
to the fullback spot, offset to the right. Sophomore
receiver Christian Jones split out to the right.
Even in an obvious run formation, the offensive
line held its ground, opening up a crease in the
middle. Jones engaged the cornerback guarding
him, allowing Mark to burst through the first wave
of defenders.
Unfortunately for the Hawkeyes, their deep
safety and other cornerback took poor angles
toward the ball, allowing Mark to run for 72 yards
before being chased down.
Colter’s running score later in that drive benefited from having both him and Mark in the
backfield.
The Cats combined their spread play with their
big look on the second touchdown. They again

used two tight ends, two backs and one receiver.
But this time, Colter lined up in the pistol with
Mark behind him and Riley to the right. Christian
Jones motioned from wide left to up next to the
left tight end.
The play started with Deiters pulling to the
right and hitting a linebacker on the second level,
and Riley also picking up a block on the outside.
Colter and Mark ran right, setting up an option for
Colter. The Hawkeyes picked up Mark, allowing
Colter to scoot in for the easy score.
“It’s really just chemistry,” Mark said of the
option play. “Coach (Matt) MacPherson is always
teaching us that on those handoffs you don’t clamp
down on the ball, you have to treat it like you
would treat a lady — nice, calm you know? I think
that’s what makes it work so well.”
All of those plays came in the first half, but
NU would continue their domination throughout
the game.
Ultimately, the running success came down
to a variety of formations, a textbook display of
blocking by the offense and having Colter in the
backfield, something the Cats lacked in the past
three weeks.
rohannadkarni2015@u.northwestern.edu

Great universities don’t destroy innovation.

Northwestern is spending hundreds of thousands
of dollars on a campaign to demolish historic
Prentice

Women’s

Hospital.

But

80

leading

architects say this innovative, groundbreaking
building should be a Chicago landmark. Shouldn’t
Northwestern demonstrate innovation — not
destroy it — and protect this Chicago icon?

Take Action!

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Editorial

NU, it’s time for a new conversation on race
And so, once again, we are talking about race
at Northwestern.
The latest spark to what seems to be a neverending flame was a Facebook dialogue that surfaced last week between Northwestern trustee
Ben Slivka and Weinberg sophomore Pleshette
Strong.
“White male privilege? Why are you getting
all racist on your FB wall?” Slivka asked Strong
to open the conversation, shortly after the
student posted a status criticizing former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney’s behavior during
the first presidential debate.
It is difficult for a productive discussion to
ensue when the opening foray is such a personal
accusation of racism. Unfortunately, it seems
these heated words are all too common when we
discuss issues of diversity on this campus. Everyone wants to talk, but nobody wants to listen.
And so we have created a perverse, artificial
conversation in which people who are passionate about these issues speak with an absolutism
that shuts down discussion. Others are scared to
ask a question for fear of being publicly labeled
racist.
These issues affect too much of this campus
for so many voices to stay silent. All students

have a responsibility to participate in discussions on issues affecting the entire campus.
Many more of us, for instance, went to a forum
two years ago on the
“brothel law” than have
attended one of the
forums on diverWe too often fall many
sity. Much of the stuinto the trap of dent body can perceive
being satisfied the impact Evanston
ordinances have on
with ourselves off-campus life better
than they can the extent
simply for
to which race impacts
talking.
everyday life for all of
us — instead of just the
minority students among us.
But those who are angry about the state
of affairs must do a better job of creating safe
spaces in which to have productive conversations. We must remember that every student
has a unique, but not subordinate, perspective,
and that no student should be afraid to share
their own experiences and risk having their
character disparaged. No discussion of diversity should be distilled down to black versus
white, ignoring the multitude of minorities and

“

intersectionalities that exist on this campus.
And as the tone of the conversation must
change, so must the goals. It is not good enough
for the administration to host another forum,
commission another report or create another
administrative position. Certainly, these can be
enlightening in demonstrating the distance we
have to go before we are indeed One Northwestern. However, we too often fall into the trap of
being satisfied with ourselves simply for talking.
Students have called for and received new
administrators, but racial issues have not been
resolved. We push the University into taking
artificial measures that they can put in viewbooks, but which clearly have not translated into
a more inclusive Northwestern. We haven’t seen
any major changes, or even major plans that
might lead to change.
It’s time for a new conversation. We need to
hold our administrators accountable and take the
higher ground when they are beginning unproductive discourses, but we also need to be frank
with ourselves about what our endgame can and
should be. Until we come to terms with what we
aim to accomplish by having these discussions,
we will continue, like Strong and Slivka, to fail in
our searches for common ground.

This problem is, at the end of day, rooted in
student culture, and therefore requires student
change. Discussion participants can’t fall back
on buzzwords like “white privilege” or “colorblind” and be surprised when their arguments
are scrutinized for lack of detail, and they can’t
fall back on calling people who disagree “racists.”
A movement that requires consensus must allow
everyone a seat at the table. There are legitimate
reasons for anger, but anger that is allowed to
remain emotion and not channeled into positive change is anger that will remain unfulfilled.
Participants on both sides of the debate would
do well to turn emotion into productivity.
There is a fine line between educating someone and talking down to them. All of us are at
Northwestern for an education. We all have a
responsibility to look to other students for that
learning, and we hope that those who can teach
us are able to do so in a productive manner.
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of The Daily’s editorial board: Marshall Cohen, Devan
Coggan, Michele Corriston, Joseph Diebold, Susan Du,
Paulina Firozi, Kaitlyn Jakola, Tanner Maxwell, Tom Meyer,
Christine Nguyen, Megan Patsavas, Kimberly Railey, Lydia
Ramsey, Dan Ryan, Patrick Svitek and Josh Walfish

Our generation is often given a lot of vague,
ambiguous descriptors. We’re called the millennials, and the trademarks of our generation
include incredible tech knowledge, an uncanny
knack to get distracted and a penchant for things
that move at an extremely fast pace. Being a part
of the millennial generation used to make us
young and seemingly without responsibility.
Unfortunately, although I do love the Internet and social media as much as any other
self-respecting 19-year-old, the specific joie de
vivre seems harder and harder to find given the
ominous economic cloud that looms closer and
closer.
I don’t need to tell anyone that the economy
is in quite a state of despair. Regardless of
whether you’re planning to vote for President
Barack Obama, former Massachusetts Gov.
Mitt Romney or former New Mexico Gov. Gary
Johnson or considering taking a stand against
government oppression by voting for yourself
as a write-in candidate, the facts are undeniable: Our country is being run on a gargantuan
deficit and, as college students, I and most of
the Northwestern student body are part of

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the age bracket that currently has the highest
recorded unemployment. For workers between
the ages of 20 and 24, the unemployment rate
hovers stubbornly above 12 percent.
I know I’m not the only one who is worrying
about what kind of state the economy will be in
once I graduate. June 2015 does seem far away,
and it’s tempting to live within NU’s relatively
utopian bubble, ignorant of the outside world
and its problems. It’s an idealistic dream, but
the problem is that the real world and the
decrepit state of the economy will always find a
way to creep in.
The biggest indicator and cold dose of reality that awaits the average college student upon
graduation is the mountain of debt concerning
student loans: The New York Federal Reserve
Bank reported that since household debt
peaked in 2008, student loan debt has grown
to $914 billion, while other kinds of household
debt have fallen by $1.6 trillion.
Our generation in particular is facing a steep
uphill battle. This cloud of disturbing economic
realities is one reason I categorize myself as a
fiscal conservative. I’m an anomaly for my generation — or at least I used to be. While Obama
is still a favorite in polls among 18- to 29-yearolds, recent polls reported by John Della Volpe,
the polling director at Harvard University’s
Institute of Politics, show that 42 percent of
18- and 19-year-olds identified as conservative,
while only one-third of those polled identified

The Drawing Board

themselves as liberal. Interestingly, for 22- to
24-year-olds, the data was almost reversed, with
39 percent of those polled identifying as liberal,
while a third called themselves conservative.
It’s an intriguing statistic to contemplate
the reverberations
of, considering that
Obama runs on a
campaign prioritizing
nebulous “hope” and
The two
“change” for the future;
this evidence clearly
prominent
shows more and more
parties are so
young people from our
polarized ...
generation are becoming more conservative
that making
in their views. It’s not
a choice
surprising that our
political views are
categorizes
with just a little
not the kind of tinged
bit more cynicism and
policy you’re
conservatism, conlooking for, but sidering we grew up
watching the adults
the content of around us struggle to
your character. keep afloat.
It’s an interesting voter that I feel is
emerging from this election because I believe
another trademark of our generation, other
than our apparent addiction to Facebook, is
our inherent sense of social justice and rights.

“

It’s a fine line to walk to balance social liberalism and conservative fiscal views, but clearly
more and more young people are choosing to
make the sacrifice in order to prioritize their
future monetary well-being. I don’t think trying to plan ahead for my future in this economy makes me insensitive. It doesn’t mean that
I don’t care about social issues, either.
Instead, it makes me wonder about the
future of partisanship in our country. The
two prominent parties are so polarized and
the opinions that distinguish a liberal from a
conservative so clearly on opposite ends of the
political spectrum that making a choice categorizes not the kind of policy you’re looking
for, but the content of your character. The idea
of a moderate, in both ideals and fiscal policy,
seems to have vanished into the ether; Romney
surely isn’t providing that ticket any longer.
I wonder if this stark chasm between liberal
and conservative voters will continue to exist
as we tenuously attempt to move forward in
this crippled economy. After sweeping Obama
into the White House in 2008, young people
are going to carry this election as well, and I,
for one, am anxiously awaiting the economic
direction the victor will take us in.
Arabella Watters is a Medill sophomore. She can be
reached at arabellawatters@yahoo.com. If you would
like to respond publicly to this column, email a Letter to
the Editor to forum@dailynorthwestern.com.

by Tanner Maxwell

MONDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2012the daily northwestern | NEWS 7

Football
From page 8

a week after NU threw the ball 37 times.On
Saturday, the Cats only threw 10 passes, completing seven of them for 84 yards. Most of
the passes were shorter routes, but Colter did
fire down the field twice, getting intercepted
on his first attempt and hitting sophomore
receiver Christian Jones for a 47-yard touchdown on the second throw.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was great (to throw the ball),â&#x20AC;? Colter
said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Especially that passing touchdown that
we had, that took a little bit off my shoulders,
because we were able to get back to throwing
the ball again.â&#x20AC;?
Where the Cats
succeeded, the
It seemed like Hawkeyes struggled, only picking
they were
up 122 yards on 40
having a party rushes. The Wildcats
in the backfield did an excellent job
swarming to Iowa
all day. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
running back Mark
what the guys Weisman, limiting him to 21 yards
talk about
on only nine carÂ­â&#x20AC;&#x201D; thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a
ries. NU linebacker
David Nwabuisi led
party at the
all players with 18
quarterback
tackles.
The Cats also
and everyoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
put great pressure
invited.
on Hawkeyes quarterback James VanPat Fitzgerald,
denberg, sacking
coach
him three times and
hurrying him on several other occasions.
Vandenbergâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s three sacks give NU 19 sacks
in nine games this season, which is already
two more than the Wildcats had during all of
last year. Fitzgerald said the defensive lineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
positive attitude is paying off on the field so
far this season.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;It seemed like we were having a party in
the backfield all day,â&#x20AC;? Fitzgerald said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
what the guys talk about â&#x20AC;&#x201D; thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a party at
the quarterback and everyoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s invited.â&#x20AC;?
The win sends NU into the bye week with
a guaranteed winning record. Fitzgerald said
this comes at a opportune time and will help
NU refuel for the final stretch of three crucial conference match-ups. However, senior
defensive tackle Brian Arnfelt cautioned a
week without a game wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be all about relaxation for the Cats.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to be practicing, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not
like weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to be on the couch eating
potato chips,â&#x20AC;? Arnfelt said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really
going to embrace the fact that weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to
improve this upcoming week.â&#x20AC;?

â&#x20AC;&#x153;

joshuawalfish2014@u.northwestern.edu

Medill Student Life
director moves on to
registrarâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office
The director of the Medill Office of Student
Life announced to students Wednesday that she
will be moving to a new role in the Northwestern
Office of the Registrar after serving in the position
for six years.
Keri Disch, who started the Office of Student
Life in 2006, will leave Medill on Oct. 31. She has
worked at Medill for the past eleven years.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;I have absolutely loved working with the students at Medill,â&#x20AC;? Disch said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m really excited to
see how the rest of the University works.â&#x20AC;?
For Disch, the most difficult part of moving

Field Hockey
From page 8

After Penn State (15-3, 5-1) defeated Michigan State
(10-9, 2-4) on Saturday, the Nittany Lions ensured a
share of the conference title. The best NU could do was
match the Nittany Lions, but thanks to the Catsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; loss,
Penn State won the conference outright.
Before falling to Iowa, NU had won eight
straight and 15 out of 16 but finished the regular
season in a three-way tie for second place.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Obviously weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re very disappointed,â&#x20AC;? junior back
Julia Retzky said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;but I think weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to use
this as a learning opportunity, and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to

Bike

From page 1
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Maybe they can start biking to work.â&#x20AC;?
Ney leads bike rides that stretch for miles and span
across many different communities. He said of all the
places he has gone, Evanston is â&#x20AC;&#x153;definitely near the
top.â&#x20AC;? Other towns, he said, are â&#x20AC;&#x153;starting to get the messageâ&#x20AC;? and adding incentives such as new bike lanes.
Slowly but surely, the North Shore and Chicagoland
are becoming more hospitable to bikers, he said.
Evanston is still the only community on the North
Shore to be ranked a Bicycle Friendly Community, but
it is part of a growing national list that now contains
242 cities and towns across 47 states.
Ney said the most important thing about being
bike-friendly is that the distinction means the community as a whole is dedicated to a safe environment. The
award, he said, represents more than just a commitment to active living and greenhouse gas reduction.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;I just think, you know, if a community is comfortable to bike in, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s probably a pretty good place
to live,â&#x20AC;? he said.
McCormick senior Joe Hooker, president of the
Northwestern Cycling Team, said although he generally feels safe biking in Evanston, the city could benefit
from lighting improvements and the addition of bike

to the new job will be leaving the students she
advises. In creating Student Life at Medill, Disch
developed a team advising model that sets Medill
apart from other schools, said Dorina Rasmussen,
associate director of student life.
Rasmussen will act as student life director until
Medill decides the future of the office. She said she
is not yet sure if the structure of the office will be
changing, and until final decisions are made, she
will be acting as both the director of student life
and fulfilling her former duties. She said while she
is balancing both roles, students can utilize the
Medill website to find out who they should talk to
for advising questions because she will have less
time for one-on-one meetings with students.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re hoping the transition will be smooth,â&#x20AC;?
Rasmussen said.
â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Cat Zakrzewski

use this to fuel the fire for our team coming up.â&#x20AC;?
Coming up is the Big Ten Tournament, which
begins with the quarterfinal round on Thursday,
also in Iowa City. Tiebreaker rules grant NU the
tournamentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s second seed, and the Cats will therefore open against Indiana (9-8, 0-6), a team they
topped 4-0 on Oct. 12.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s definitely optimism going forward,â&#x20AC;?
Retzky said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Obviously today weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re feeling a little
bit of disappointment, but once the bus ride is over
weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to try to move past this and just focus
on our game on Thursday.â&#x20AC;?
alexanderputterman2016@u.northwestern.edu

â&#x20AC;&#x153;

Particularly with these
protected bike lanes, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll really
encourage people who may not
be so comfortable or may not
have been riding for long.

Neal Ney
Board member, Evanston Bicycle Club

lanes in the downtown area. He said the cycling team
usually travels up north to avoid traffic.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think the bike lanes are good,â&#x20AC;? he said.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re a big step in the right direction. One
thing that would be huge is if there were some
kind of easier way to commute downtown on a
bike, because I worked downtown this summer
and there is no way I was ever gonna bike because
during rush hour; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s too crazy. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s too dangerous
with that many people rushing and trying to get
places quickly, and I have yet to find a good route
downtown.â&#x20AC;?
Susan Du contributed reporting.
racheljanik2015@u.northwestern.edu

Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Soccer
From page 8

like we were waiting around to make a play
like we had been in the last couple of games.
Every guy was trying to be the guy to make
something happen.â&#x20AC;?
Defensively, sophomore goalkeeper Tyler
Miller, who is now 8-1-4 in the conference for
his career, came off his line more than usual
and went one-on-one with Wisconsin players
throughout the game.
Miller now has 16 career shutouts, six of
which have come from Big Ten games. His
aggressive play Sunday reflected the entire
teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s energy, especially in extra time, when
the Cats got particularly fired up.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;We were really trying to get that goal in
overtime,â&#x20AC;? Miller said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We knew it was on
the line for the Big Ten and we wanted to go
after this game and put as much as we could
into it.â&#x20AC;?
Calistri, who still leads the Cats in goals
with six for the season, said his team will
still need to work on finishing opportunities
before Indiana on Thursday.
Despite some persistent problems and a
conference tie, Miller said the team ended
Sunday excited for the week ahead.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;A couple of results went our way today, and
that just makes us want it that much more,â&#x20AC;?
Miller said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to have two days of
practice, and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re just going to keep working.
We know whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s at stake and we know what
we need to do. We just need to go out there
and do it.â&#x20AC;?
avawallace2015@u.northwestern.edu

Glee

From page 1
days after his grandmother passed away. He read
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Gleeâ&#x20AC;? character Finn Hudsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lines for the pilot
episode and sang â&#x20AC;&#x153;L.O.V.E.â&#x20AC;? by Nat King Cole. He
was called back a week later, he said.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;I went onto the stage with the New Directions,
and it was the start of something crazy,â&#x20AC;? he said.
After his 30-minute speech, Shum answered
questions from the audience. One student asked
him about the portrayal of Asians on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Glee.â&#x20AC;?
â&#x20AC;&#x153;In â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Glee,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; no one is safe,â&#x20AC;? he replied. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the
nature of television. You want to see how far you
can go. â&#x20AC;Ś At least we have some voice.â&#x20AC;?
Many audience members said they came to see
a celebrity and were surprised to hear his multifarious history.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was really exciting to meet someone you see
on TV a lot,â&#x20AC;? SESP freshman Maeghan Murphy
said,â&#x20AC;&#x153;and also just to hear that he felt a lot of things
that a lot of people feel about not fitting in.â&#x20AC;?
junniekwon2015@u.northwestern.edu

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Today, we put ourselves in a position to play for a
Big Ten title. That was our goal.
— Tim Lenahan, men’s soccer coach

Men’s Soccer
NU at Indiana
7 p.m. Thursday

Monday, October 29, 2012

@Wildcat_Extra

Cats get Homecoming win vs. Iowa

Mark, potent running game carry NU to 28-17 victory
By JOSH WALFISH

daily senior staffer

For a team without an identity in
the middle of the week, Northwestern found something that works for
it.
The Wildcats (7-2, 3-2 Big Ten)
ran the ball 49 times for 349 yards
and got past Iowa (4-4, 2-2) 28-17
on Saturday. It was a return to the
formula that was working for NU
early in the season and slipped away
from the Cats in recent weeks.
“We went back and kind of evaluated things that we were doing very
well,” coach Pat Fitzgerald said. “We
felt like if we could control the line of
scrimmage today we’d give ourselves
a great opportunity to win the game.
Some of the things that we’ve done
well have had (junior) Kain (Colter)
there at quarterback and so we made
some decisions to kind of focus on
that and, for the most part, it worked
out pretty efficiently today.”
The Cats’ offense was predicated
on the explosive tandem of Colter
and junior running back Venric
Mark running the football. Mark
got 16 carries for 162 yards, but
Colter stole the show with his 26
attempts for 166 yards and 3 scores.
The junior took a majority of the
snaps at quarterback as the offense
revolved around the read option that
he and Mark run so effectively.
The key to NU’s success on the
ground was the offensive line, which
got a great push for most of the
game. Mark said the Iowa defense
did not rush as many linemen on
the running plays, allowing a physical Cats’ offensive line to dominate
in the trenches. Colter added that
the line has played well the entire
season.
“They’re really focused on their
fundamentals,” Colter said. “That’s
a lot about what run blocking is.
They battled their butts off today. ...
They did a great job today, and I feel
like that’s where it all starts, with the
offensive line. They don’t always get
the credit they deserve.
Mark entered the contest less than
100 yards short of the 1,000-yard
plateau and, with a three-yard gain
in the second quarter, eclipsed that

Cats draw
in double
overtime
By AVA WALLACE

daily senior staffer

Northwestern got a little help
from its friends Sunday, setting up an
opportunity to play for the Big Ten
Championship on Thursday.
NU (10-4-3, 3-1-1 Big Ten) ended
its third overtime game in a row 0-0
on the road Sunday against Wisconsin
(6-7-4, 1-3-1). The Wildcats decide
their fate in the Big Ten on Thursday
when they travel to Bloomington, Ind.,
which coach Tim Lenahan calls “college soccer Mecca.”
Sunday was an important day for
the conference. Indiana lost 3-1 to
Michigan State, and Penn State and
Ohio State tied in overtime with four
goals apiece.
In order for NU and Penn State to
share the conference title, Indiana and
NU need to tie Thursday and Michi-

2OT
Northwestern

0

Wisconsin

0

much of the second half, the two sides
engaged in a brutal between-the-lines
battle. Each side failed to net another goal
in regulation, necessitating a 10-minute
golden goal overtime to decide the Cats’
Big Ten fate.
Overtime only lasted five minutes,
as Iowa’s Sarah Drake ended the contest
with her second goal of the day and fifth
of the season in the game’s 75th minute.
Overall, Iowa outshot NU 17-5 and
benefited from nine corners to NU’s two.
Given these disparities, it was impressive
the Cats were even in the game.
“Iowa played great today,” coach
Tracey Fuchs said. “It was probably the
best I’ve seen them play … We were just
a little bit off. It was a great game, and we
just couldn’t hold onto the lead.”

gan State has to lose or tie with Michigan on Saturday.
But for the title — the full title, no
co-winners — the Cats need a win
Thursday.
“Now, we’re the only team that
controls our own destiny,” coach Tim
Lenahan said. “Today, we put ourselves in a position to play for a Big
Ten title. That was our goal.”
Extra minutes on Sunday gave NU
fewer problems than it has in the past
two games. The Cats’ defense was
able to fend off a few nerve-racking
opportunities the Badgers came up
with in the final 20 minutes despite
sophomore defender Nikko Boxall’s
temporary absence on the field during overtime.
Lenahan said Boxall came off the
field because he had been kicked earlier and needed to be checked out. The
Cats were also playing without senior
forward Kyle Schickel, usually a leader
on offense, because of a toe injury.
As a result, Lenahan said he leaned
on his midfielders more than he usually would have.
“We had to dig a little bit deeper,”
Lenahan said. “Those guys like (freshman forward) Joey Calistri, (freshman
midfielder) Cole Missimo and (junior
midfielder) Lepe Seetane had to dig
in a little bit. Other than a chunk in
the second half, though, I thought
we carried the tempo of the game,
and we were very close to breaking
through.”
The Cats managed to outshoot the
Badgers 10-4.
For the first time in more than a few
games, it is NU’s offense that will dominate the highlight reel. Seetane drilled
the ball in the 73rd minute from 27
feet out only to hit the crossbar, and
Calistri contributed three shots on
goal out of the team’s five total.
The other two shots came from
sophomore midfielder Eric Weberman, who played smartly on attack
and won multiple different challenges
coming off of the bench, and freshman
defender Henry Herrill.
After two disappointing games,
Lenahan said he was pleased with his
team’s playmaking Sunday.
“I was very happy with how we went
about our business,” he said. “It’s not

» See FIELD HOCKEY, page 7

» See MEN’S SOCCER, page 7

Football
Meghan White/Daily Senior Staffer

MILLENNIUM MARK Northwestern running back Venric Mark eclipsed 1,000 rushing yards on the season in
the second quarter against Iowa. The Wildcats went on to defeat the Hawkeyes 28-17.

mark. He became the first NU player
since Tyrell Sutton in 2006 to run
for at least 1,000 yards in a season.
The junior said it was a tremendous
honor to get to the milestone but was
adamant about finishing the season
strong.

“I’m excited,” Mark said. “I’m not
overly excited; we still have more
games to play.”
The offensive game plan put a
decreased emphasis on passing, just

Iowa

17
Northwestern

28

» See FOOTBALL, page 7

Field Hockey

Overtime loss costs Cats share of trophy
OT

By ALEX PUTTERMAN

No. 8 Northwestern

the daily northwestern

For weeks, the Wildcats have spoken
of a Big Ten title, and for weeks, that
professed goal has seemed achievable
and almost inevitable. On Sunday, those
hopes died unrecognized, and second
place became a disappointing reality.
When a victory meant a share of
the Big Ten regular season title, No. 8
Northwestern (16-3, 4-2 Big Ten) fell in
overtime 3-2 to No. 12 Iowa (13-5, 4-2),
ending its regular season and preventing
the Cats’ first conference championship
since 1994.
NU struck first Sunday with a
seventh-minute goal from junior Tara
Puffenberger, but the offense struggled
from there, going almost 30 minutes
before attempting another shot – a
35th-minute try by Puffenberger that
was blocked by Hawkeyes goalkeeper
Kathleen McGraw seconds before
halftime.
The Cats came out firing for the second half, netting their second goal in
the 37th minute on junior Nikki Parsley’s third score of the season but would

Men’s Soccer

2

No. 12 Iowa

3

Anneliese Sloves/The Daily Northwestern

STREAK SNAPPED The Wildcats and junior back Julia Retzky lost for
the first time in nine games, a heartbreaking 3-2 overtime defeat at Iowa.

take only one more shot the rest of the
afternoon.
Iowa responded to the NU score
quickly and forcefully. The Hawkeyes
tallied goals in the 45th and 47th minutes to knot the score, erasing a two-

goal lead in two-and-a-half minutes.
The Iowa outburst ended the Cats
defense’s run of one goal allowed in
more than 450 minutes of play dating
back to Oct. 5.
With the score tied for